Need For Speed movie Mustang sells for $300,000

Far cry from the $3 million a fictional buyer pays for it in the movie.

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Director Scott Waugh's incredible stunt sequences and Aaron Paul's first big star turn post-Breaking Bad weren't enough to rescue Need For Speed from a terrible screenplay. Even with all the car porn, it manages to be a boring film.

One thing that won't make that theoretical return trip, however, is the film's Ford Mustang hero car. It meets an ugly fate in the film, and the example used for all the beauty shots is now headed to a new home. In Need For Speed, a fictional buyer pays a ludicrous $3 million for the car. In Palm Beach last night, the number was still bonkers, just not seven-figures bonkers.

A Mustang collector posted a $300,000 winning bid for it at the Barrett-Jackson auction. As is usually the case with these special-interest cars, the proceeds went to a good cause. In this case, Henry Ford Health System reaps the benefits.